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capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital walked away with a lot of money that they made off of this plant. >> reporter: the white house clearly wants to portray mitt romney's time at the helm of bain capital as a weak spot. in ad after ad, democrats are suggesting romney is a fat cat job outsourcer. an opportunistic financial predator. keep in mind that many of those claims appear to be backed with little or no evidence. >> the obama campaign is absolutely doubling down on the bain attack, no doubt about it. if the word triple down existed, they would be doing that as well. >> reporter: this political media analyst believes president obama was at one point looking to steal a page from reagan's playbook. planning an optimistic positive re-election campaign. till economic troubles and weak poll numbers hit hard. >> i think the obama folks were hoping to run a campaign like "morning in america" in 1984. but the campaign i think they're look at is much more the george w. bush campaign in 2004. >> the accusations that john kerry -- >> r
capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital. >> bain capital walked away with a lot of money that they made off of this plant. >> reporter: the white house clearly wants to portray mitt romney's time at the helm of bain capital as a weak spot. in ad after ad, democrats are suggesting romney is a fat cat job outsourcer. an opportunistic financial predator. keep in mind that many of those claims appear to be backed with little or...
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and also bain capital, which i helped found and helped build. i'm proud of the fact we were able to strengthen enterprises that now empy a lot of people. we were able to invest the money of pension funds and charities. that's what bain capital did. it wasn't our money. it was other people's money. we were hired to invest. we invested it well. and we were able to invest in some businesses which grew and thrived. some of which have thousands upon thousands of employees. this is a very exciting thing. really at this stage, the key is who can get the economy going. who knows something -- >> do you accept that when you're running a company like bain that was hugely successful, no one disputes that, you're going in, taking over companies, either you're investing in them as start-ups or as it turned out to be a more leveraged buyout situation. you go in and you give them your expertise. think your preferred way was to keep the existing ceos and incentivize them to do better with your help. some succeeded. some failed. people try to portray you as a kin
and also bain capital, which i helped found and helped build. i'm proud of the fact we were able to strengthen enterprises that now empy a lot of people. we were able to invest the money of pension funds and charities. that's what bain capital did. it wasn't our money. it was other people's money. we were hired to invest. we invested it well. and we were able to invest in some businesses which grew and thrived. some of which have thousands upon thousands of employees. this is a very exciting...
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that is not bain capital. this is bain investor 6. >> sounds like a super hero team. >> right, or it sounds like something that is deeply confusioning inin ining or des obfuscate. >> this sec filing seems to contradict the previous statements. that mitt romney didn't have anything to do with bain after 1999. there's specific reasons for that cutoff date. that's when he took over the olympic bid. so he stopped, clearly, day-to-day functioning and oversight at bain at that point. between 1999 and 2001 a lot of the things that have been alleged in the ads and things occurred at bain. for example, the outsourcing claim. a company which did call centers. between 1999 and 2001 that call center company merged, really started moving overseas, and then was divested by bain. the kansas city steel company that was the subject of that obama attack ad. it's between 1999 and 2001 where things changed. initially, the bain infusion helped the company thrive. starting 1999, they start losing around $50 billion and ultimately t
that is not bain capital. this is bain investor 6. >> sounds like a super hero team. >> right, or it sounds like something that is deeply confusioning inin ining or des obfuscate. >> this sec filing seems to contradict the previous statements. that mitt romney didn't have anything to do with bain after 1999. there's specific reasons for that cutoff date. that's when he took over the olympic bid. so he stopped, clearly, day-to-day functioning and oversight at bain at that...
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the obama camp claims romney lied about his end date at bain. in a series of interviews on friday, romney accused of obama campaign of stooping to new lows. in an interview that aired today on cbs this morning, president obama was asked about the negative ads his campaign was running. here's what he said. >> first of all, we've done a whole slew of positive ads that talked exactly about how we need to change our education system, how we need to change our tax code, how we need to rebuild america. how we need to promote american energy. so those just don't get attention in the news. >> the president said they've run a whole slew of ads, positive ads. we wanted to -- we wanted to check and see if maybe we'd overlooked a slew of ads either candidate was running. keeping them honest. we checked with c-mag, the consultants who track ad spending for us. they told us last week the obama campaign aired negative ads more than 19,000 times and positive ads fewer than 150 times. less than 1% of their ads were positive. according to other reports, since the
the obama camp claims romney lied about his end date at bain. in a series of interviews on friday, romney accused of obama campaign of stooping to new lows. in an interview that aired today on cbs this morning, president obama was asked about the negative ads his campaign was running. here's what he said. >> first of all, we've done a whole slew of positive ads that talked exactly about how we need to change our education system, how we need to change our tax code, how we need to rebuild...
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why is it when mitt romney left the bain capital to manage the olympics, bain kept filing sec documents for several years, three years, with him listed as sole stockholder, chairman, chief executive and president? >> we don't know. one of the problems here is governor romney has created a level of opacity around his affairs that has led everyone to assume the worst. and which i think, frankly, is just politically stupid because what else can you think when he doesn't tell you actually what happened? one hypothesis that i hear in private equity circles that resonates with me as a possibility is, first, when he left to go to the olympic, he didn't know how long he was going for, a week, a month, x years, didn't know whether it would be an 18-hour day, a six-hour day. he left kind of instantaneously. there was no succession planning that seemed to be in place at bain. so there was no clear idea who was going to succeed him. and so they couldn't really file something else until they figured out who was going to succeed him. and that apparently -- not unusual that that took some time. and so
why is it when mitt romney left the bain capital to manage the olympics, bain kept filing sec documents for several years, three years, with him listed as sole stockholder, chairman, chief executive and president? >> we don't know. one of the problems here is governor romney has created a level of opacity around his affairs that has led everyone to assume the worst. and which i think, frankly, is just politically stupid because what else can you think when he doesn't tell you actually...
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. >> not to mention the timing, it was bain, bain, bain all week, and then it's condi, condi, condi, so you got to wonder about the timing. >> i think romney needs to stretch all this out, he just needs to pop a name out of left field and we'll all go with that. >> i thank you, we got to go, here's what's ahead. stephen tyler out, j-lo out. ♪ ( whirring and crackling sounds ) man: assembly lines that fix themselves. the most innovative companies are doing things they never could before, by building on the cisco intelligent network. energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy development comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing generations of cleaner-burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within self-contained well systems. and, using state-of-the-art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities and the environment. we're america's natural gas. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the so
. >> not to mention the timing, it was bain, bain, bain all week, and then it's condi, condi, condi, so you got to wonder about the timing. >> i think romney needs to stretch all this out, he just needs to pop a name out of left field and we'll all go with that. >> i thank you, we got to go, here's what's ahead. stephen tyler out, j-lo out. ♪ ( whirring and crackling sounds ) man: assembly lines that fix themselves. the most innovative companies are doing things they never...
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battle over bain capital. that's the private equity firm that mitt romney co-founded and has been accused by the obama campaign. and back in the primaries as well by his opponents then of sending jobs overseas. these are heated battles. this campaign turned from negative to really nasty. mitt romney in that round robin of interviews the other day asked for an apology from the obama camp for saying maybe mitt romney had -- broke the law by misreporting what he left -- when he left bain capital. is the president going to apologize? take a listen to what he said. >> no, between won't be apologizing. sometimes these games are played during political campaigns. i understand what the issue is here. mr. romney claims that he's mr. fix it for the economy. because of the -- his business experience. i think voters entirely legitimately want to know what exactly was that business experience. >> what do you think? we have 3 1/2 more months of this. more heated than it is already? >> i think you are right about that. it wi
battle over bain capital. that's the private equity firm that mitt romney co-founded and has been accused by the obama campaign. and back in the primaries as well by his opponents then of sending jobs overseas. these are heated battles. this campaign turned from negative to really nasty. mitt romney in that round robin of interviews the other day asked for an apology from the obama camp for saying maybe mitt romney had -- broke the law by misreporting what he left -- when he left bain capital....
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at bain capital. issues like health care and stopping the individual mandate and trying to repeal and replace is a much better fight for him than the economy. >> you know, dean, i'm laughing because president obama was a grass roots activist, then he became a senator and didn't finish out his term. mitt romney was governor of mass chute, he took unemployment from 6.3% to 4.6%. at bain capital which he started in 1984, he created jobs, he created staples, domino's -- he helped create staples, domino's, brookstone, lots of jobs, helped companies stay alive. he's a job creator. and the olympics, let's talk about the olympics. $300 million in debt, mitt romney ended the 2002 olympics $100 million profit. he does know how to run a business. this president is in over his head. all the things i've listed about mitt romney make him infinitely more qualified to lead the country out of this jobless morass. >> on social issues his inconsistency earns him an x. he's been hard to pin down on gun control, abortion
at bain capital. issues like health care and stopping the individual mandate and trying to repeal and replace is a much better fight for him than the economy. >> you know, dean, i'm laughing because president obama was a grass roots activist, then he became a senator and didn't finish out his term. mitt romney was governor of mass chute, he took unemployment from 6.3% to 4.6%. at bain capital which he started in 1984, he created jobs, he created staples, domino's -- he helped create...
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so what did bain capital supposedly do after 1999 that democrats say it shouldn't? >> okay. it goes back to an oem campaign ad that's been running in recent weeks. basically what this ad has stated is that at bain capital when mitt romney was in charge, the company was advising other companies on how to outsource jobs out of the united states. and the romney campaign has said, wait main, you can't say that because after 1999 mitt romney was no longer at bain capital. so the reason why these s.e.c. filings are interesting and possibly important is that if these filings establish that perhaps he was more involved at bain capital than he's previously stated, perhaps there's a contradiction there. there's a discrepancy there. they are saying mit mitt romney's not telling the truth. just because his name is on the form as the owner, ceo, president, doesn't mean that he was involved in bain's operations after 1999. that's the back and forth. it's just getting started and it ain't going to be over for quite a while. >> and it's raining so we'll let you go. jim acosta, be thank you
so what did bain capital supposedly do after 1999 that democrats say it shouldn't? >> okay. it goes back to an oem campaign ad that's been running in recent weeks. basically what this ad has stated is that at bain capital when mitt romney was in charge, the company was advising other companies on how to outsource jobs out of the united states. and the romney campaign has said, wait main, you can't say that because after 1999 mitt romney was no longer at bain capital. so the reason why...
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and the timing of it is obvious, because changing the subject, let's not talk about bain bain /* bain. by the way, conversation was a subject changer from the jobs report a week ago. let's just be fair. we're changing subjects away from the things th hold real substance. >> those two are at least related, because mitt romney, of course, is running on the fact he can create more jobs. when the job report comes out, that makes sense to me. the condi conversation doesn't make sense. >> when you look at rice, she's very tied to the bush administration, and it's not likely that romney wants to be very associated with things that rice was very involved in in terms of the invasion of iraq, weapons of mass destruction, obviously the abortion issue is huge here. let's talk about other possible running mates, okay? rob portman of ohio, what about bob mcdonald of virginia, the two key states here. what do you think, lz, of either of those names? >> i've been having a really difficult time. when i saw the question, i had a difficult time trying to find somebody that made sense to me. that's becau
and the timing of it is obvious, because changing the subject, let's not talk about bain bain /* bain. by the way, conversation was a subject changer from the jobs report a week ago. let's just be fair. we're changing subjects away from the things th hold real substance. >> those two are at least related, because mitt romney, of course, is running on the fact he can create more jobs. when the job report comes out, that makes sense to me. the condi conversation doesn't make sense. >>...
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what about the bain question? you were talking about bain capital and the attacks, the frontal assault from the obama campaign against mitt romney of the private equity firm he founded. take a look at this. is that attack working on americans? 6 in 10 according to this poll said, no, mitt romney's time at bain capital makes no difference to their vote. that's the number that the romney campaign likes. look below, the number that the obama campaign likes. they say among people who say it makes a differenceay less likely to vote for romney than vote for him. it is interesting when you break down the numbers what you find. >> what are the things the obama team has been telling me is these ads, attacks are having a bigger impact in the swing states. we have a brand new poll out this morning again from one of the swingiest of swing states that shows that might not not case. >> those were national numbers. those ads are not paying all across the country. especially in virginia, john, and brand new numbers. take a look.
what about the bain question? you were talking about bain capital and the attacks, the frontal assault from the obama campaign against mitt romney of the private equity firm he founded. take a look at this. is that attack working on americans? 6 in 10 according to this poll said, no, mitt romney's time at bain capital makes no difference to their vote. that's the number that the romney campaign likes. look below, the number that the obama campaign likes. they say among people who say it makes a...
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at bain capital which he started in 1984 he created jobs. he created staples -- he helped create staples, dominos, brook stone, lots of jobs and help companies stay alive. he is a job creator and he actually and the olympics. let's talk about the olympics. $300 million in debt. mitt romney ended the 2002 olympics with a $100 million profit. he knows how to run a business. this president is in over his head. all the things i listed about mitt romney make him more qualified to lead the country out of this jobless state. >> let's get back to the progress report. social issues, his inconsistency earns him an x. he has been hard to pin down from gun control to abortion. he turned things around for the olympics. we will rate that a success. in all honesty, if you talk to people involved in the olympics, they said he was a figure head. it was on his watch so you have to give him credit for that. it was on his watch. i am saying you have to give him credit for it. did you hear me say that? does romney's record meet the overall office test? >> absolu
at bain capital which he started in 1984 he created jobs. he created staples -- he helped create staples, dominos, brook stone, lots of jobs and help companies stay alive. he is a job creator and he actually and the olympics. let's talk about the olympics. $300 million in debt. mitt romney ended the 2002 olympics with a $100 million profit. he knows how to run a business. this president is in over his head. all the things i listed about mitt romney make him more qualified to lead the country...
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he may need to disclose his taxes or more about his taxes, talk more about bain. be a little more informational about it. because otherwise you play into this whole notion of secrecy that the obama campaign is talking about. then i would argue, what he needs to do is change the subject. maybe one of those ways to change the subject is to talk about, hey, why don't we have congress stay in washington in august. one republican suggested this to me today. why not have congress stay in washington in august and deal with the problems of the fiscal cliff before the election rather than after the election. i would argue that if either romney did that or president obama did that, that would have some residents with the american public who actually wants to get these problems solved. >> good point, gloria. >> there you go. >> thanks very much, gloria borger. thank you. let's go to jack cafferty right now. he's got more in the cafferty file. jack. >> congress in washington in the month of august. i don't think that's ever happened, has it? >> got to be a national emergency.
he may need to disclose his taxes or more about his taxes, talk more about bain. be a little more informational about it. because otherwise you play into this whole notion of secrecy that the obama campaign is talking about. then i would argue, what he needs to do is change the subject. maybe one of those ways to change the subject is to talk about, hey, why don't we have congress stay in washington in august. one republican suggested this to me today. why not have congress stay in washington...
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you feel that the obama campaign's attacks on bain capital, about his tax returns, you think this is all legitimate? >> of course. i mean, particularly since romney -- romney does not have a coherent comprehensible economic program. it's very difficult to figure out what, if anything, he's proposing aside from tax cuts for the rich -- for people like himself. a lot of it has been trust me, i'm a successful businessman. i know how to make things work. and then the question is, well, exactly how did you achieve your business success, and exactly how did you get so rich? those are legitimate questions. look, we've always expected presidential candidates to be very forthcoming about their personal history, their personal financial history, their business career if they had one. romney is trying to keep everything that he did in his life before 2010 under, you know, a shroud. >> do you feel like it's a legitimate relevant? >> i think the fact he was paying, what was it 14% tax rate, is a real issue. it's incredibly unfair. now, he didn't break the law. he didn't make the law. but he ought
you feel that the obama campaign's attacks on bain capital, about his tax returns, you think this is all legitimate? >> of course. i mean, particularly since romney -- romney does not have a coherent comprehensible economic program. it's very difficult to figure out what, if anything, he's proposing aside from tax cuts for the rich -- for people like himself. a lot of it has been trust me, i'm a successful businessman. i know how to make things work. and then the question is, well,...
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the obama campaign after a new ad goes after questions about when exactly romney ended his time at bain capital. romney calls the tactic "demeaning and disgusting" and tells cnn's jim acosta he wants an apology. >> it's false, deceptive and dishonest and they ought to stop. >> romney is adamant he had no role in bain after 1999. >>> actor devastated after his son, sage, found dead in his home. the l.a. coroner's office said it's still trying to determine the cause of death. >> we're currently doing an investigation in the cause of his death. there is a security hold that's going to be placed on the case. all we can confirm is that he's passed away. and we'll be doing an oups in the next couple days. and the cause of death will probably be pending toxicology and further testing. >> sage appeared along side his dad in "rocky v" was 30 years old. >>> company issuing a statement after controversy erupted over this year's apparel, which was made in china. >>> and a massachusetts prison guard is recovering after being stabbed in the neck with a handmade shank by an inmate. but the amazing thi
the obama campaign after a new ad goes after questions about when exactly romney ended his time at bain capital. romney calls the tactic "demeaning and disgusting" and tells cnn's jim acosta he wants an apology. >> it's false, deceptive and dishonest and they ought to stop. >> romney is adamant he had no role in bain after 1999. >>> actor devastated after his son, sage, found dead in his home. the l.a. coroner's office said it's still trying to determine the cause...
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some anl iflts say this is really about shifting focus from discussion on his record at bain and also his personal finances. pete er hamby joins us live now. what would be the shift in attention? what's the calendar tell us by why he would do it now versus later? >> first of all, john, there's a ton of buzz right now. the buzz for tim pawlenty or rob portman is deafening, who thought i would ever say that but romney, if he does pick a running mate would have somebody he could tag team the country with and demand media attention and raise money. but, you know, do they get this media pop too early? i was e-mailing republicans yesterday about what you would get by naming a running mate this early as opposed to later. you don't run one of your best plays to win in the second quarter. patience obi wan. but the romney campaign as you mentioned might want to change the subject from this constant fuselage of attacks from the aobama campaign about bain capital and his tax returns. romney is only releasing two years of tax returns. >> it would be shocking to see it this early. these attacks on
some anl iflts say this is really about shifting focus from discussion on his record at bain and also his personal finances. pete er hamby joins us live now. what would be the shift in attention? what's the calendar tell us by why he would do it now versus later? >> first of all, john, there's a ton of buzz right now. the buzz for tim pawlenty or rob portman is deafening, who thought i would ever say that but romney, if he does pick a running mate would have somebody he could tag team the...
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. >> from what i understand, it was part of a cluster of hedge funds run by bain capital which is the private equity firm romney founded and led until 1999. so what was it used tore in 1999? >> well, again, we don't -- this particular entity is just one of the sankady family. it is a much bigger bain entity with various different funds in it but this entity is a particular company that was closely controlled by mitt romney, 12,000 shares held by the family but, again, you only have this information from the 2010 tax return and a little bit of information out of bermuda. but beyond that it's hard to know. we don't have details, for example, of mitt romney's severance agreement from bain capital so we don't know what he's entitled to, where that money is. so it's, again, a lot of questions. >> in light of these entities, is there any way to really determine how wealthy mitt romney is? >> well, the campaign has said that his wealth is close to 0 a bit less than $250 million u.s. dollars. there is a lot of flexibility when you say what something is worth. if you have a profit's interest f
. >> from what i understand, it was part of a cluster of hedge funds run by bain capital which is the private equity firm romney founded and led until 1999. so what was it used tore in 1999? >> well, again, we don't -- this particular entity is just one of the sankady family. it is a much bigger bain entity with various different funds in it but this entity is a particular company that was closely controlled by mitt romney, 12,000 shares held by the family but, again, you only have...
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we've been talking a lot about bain. i was hearing from a lot of conservatives overnight who were very happy with what he managed to pull off in pennsylvania yesterday. i think we'll hear more of it in ohio today, paul. >> you've got it. you're right. there's been a lot of criticism against the romney campaign lately. not fighting back enough against these attacks from the obama campaign. you've seen romney and his campaign very forceful the last two days. what are they doing? attacking president obama over what they say is his political cronyism. helping out contributors at the expense of the middle class. and going after a comment the president made last friday in virginia talking about government's role in helping business. they say it is an insult to businessmen and women and entrepreneurs. take a listen to mitt romney yesterday in pennsylvania. >> so the president's looking around for someone to blame. and recently i became the reason for all our problems here. that was a surprise to my family and me. he's always lo
we've been talking a lot about bain. i was hearing from a lot of conservatives overnight who were very happy with what he managed to pull off in pennsylvania yesterday. i think we'll hear more of it in ohio today, paul. >> you've got it. you're right. there's been a lot of criticism against the romney campaign lately. not fighting back enough against these attacks from the obama campaign. you've seen romney and his campaign very forceful the last two days. what are they doing? attacking...
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anything new really as a wall street guy that put profits ahead of middle class jobs and that means bain capital attacks and the reason they're doing that is recent polls show it may be sinking in even though last month some of the allies poked holes in the arguments there. >> republicans hot on his trail and we know two prominent republicans, possibly vp candidates, talk to me about who is going where and bracketing. >> tim pawlenty and bobby jindal. the obama campaign is sending these guys along to areas close where the president will be so they can take romney's message on the road and this isn't the first time we have seen this. the obama campaign did this to romney last month when he went on a similar bus tour. i think we'll be seeing a lot of this bracketing and jockeying for attention. >> the beastly bus. >> yes. >> it is. >> it is a really cool bus, i have to say. awesome bus. here is a question for you. tax or not a tax? ponder for a moment. mitt romney and his senior advisers seem to be having trouble getting on message when it comes to the president's health care law and wheth
anything new really as a wall street guy that put profits ahead of middle class jobs and that means bain capital attacks and the reason they're doing that is recent polls show it may be sinking in even though last month some of the allies poked holes in the arguments there. >> republicans hot on his trail and we know two prominent republicans, possibly vp candidates, talk to me about who is going where and bracketing. >> tim pawlenty and bobby jindal. the obama campaign is sending...
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some conservatives say batman's arch enemy in the film bane, is really bain, as in mitt romney's old company. media critic eric degins is joining me to talk about the strange reaction to this movie that's not even out yet. eric, seriously, why? >> it's amazing. you brought me here to translate comic book fan boy for you. >> please try. >> this is an amazing movie. the reaction in a way is understandable if you understand comic book fan boys like myself. the dark knight series is considered one of the best comic book movies ever made. the "the dark knight" is considered one of the best comic book movies ever made. a lot of fans are on the edge of their seat and are really hoping that christopher nolan figures out a way to wrap up this trilogy in a way that's worthy of the quality of the first two movies. >> but that doesn't really understand -- >> so if anybody indicates it may not be great -- >> that doesn't explain why people wrote in to rotten tomatoes saying nasty things about critics when the fans haven't even seen the movie yet. >> i think it does, actually. because they are rea
some conservatives say batman's arch enemy in the film bane, is really bain, as in mitt romney's old company. media critic eric degins is joining me to talk about the strange reaction to this movie that's not even out yet. eric, seriously, why? >> it's amazing. you brought me here to translate comic book fan boy for you. >> please try. >> this is an amazing movie. the reaction in a way is understandable if you understand comic book fan boys like myself. the dark knight series...
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the heat on obama's record after a week of bitter back and forth over the republican's departure from bain capital. >>> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke is in the spotlight on capitol hill right now. he's beginning two days of testimony from lawmakers about the state of the economy. these are live pictures into that hearing. a senate panel are grilling bernanke. now part of this will focus on whether the economy is nearing a fiscal cliff due to pending major tax hikes and spending cuts. some democrats are threatening to walk off this cliff, rather than renew busch era tax cuts for the wealthy as republicans want. >> if we can't get a good deal, a balanced deal, that calls on the wealthy to pay their fair share, then i will absolutely continue this debate into 2013, rather than lock in a long-term deal this year that throws middle-class families under the bus. >> the democrats are proposing today is an entirely avoidable, high stakes game of chicken. with the single-minded goal of taking more money from those who earn it for government to waste. >> our chief business correspondent ali
the heat on obama's record after a week of bitter back and forth over the republican's departure from bain capital. >>> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke is in the spotlight on capitol hill right now. he's beginning two days of testimony from lawmakers about the state of the economy. these are live pictures into that hearing. a senate panel are grilling bernanke. now part of this will focus on whether the economy is nearing a fiscal cliff due to pending major tax hikes and spending...
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recycling of another attack designed to try to blunt the obama's criticism of mitt romney's record at bain. >> john avlon, thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks, carol. >>> in new jersey a young girl on a sky ride gave beach-goers a show, oh, they will not soon forget. we'll show you. here at the hutchison household. but one dark stormy evening... there were two things i could tell: she needed a good meal and a good fami. so we gave her what our other cats love,...